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Hi Mark,
It’s not the intellectual learning itself. After all, we can upload all of the Kabbalistic books onto a computer, but the computer won’t change as a result of this. Rather the Kabbalistic study is a means by which we can extract the light. It’s ultimately this special force that is called the light that takes us out of the path of suffering onto the path of light.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/01/lets-go-with-the-light/
https://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Derek,
Ein Sof means infinity (literally translated “without end”). It’s not the Creator Himself, rather it’s the Creator’s attitude to the created beings, to fill them with infinite pleasure. Or more accurately, to fulfill the desire to the max. Similar to how you can take a cup and fill it up to the max where it’s impossible to add any more liquid to the cup. Even if you add one more drop it will just spill over. That state is called Ein Sof.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2020/07/ein-sof-infinity-the-attitude-of-the-creator-to-the-created-beings/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Mark,
In Kabbalah, the ego is not a bad force but rather a partner that helps us to advance. Meaning we don’t eliminate our ego, we rise above it. It turns into a type of hill or mountain that we rise above. In other words, the greater the ego, the further up we can climb, and the greater the spiritual level we can achieve. On the other hand if we eliminate the ego, then the spiritual level we can achieve is relatively tiny.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/02/the-worse-the-better/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Mark, good questions!
We’ll learn in the upcoming lessons the concept of “there is none else besides Him”. This means that there is a single force behind ALL of reality. All of our thoughts, desires, all of the external events of the world come from this singular force. If so, then there is really no room for sin in the traditional sense of the word.
The Kabbalistic definition of sin is closer to a mistake. And mistakes are not bad, but rather the natural process by which we grow and develop. Similar to how kids have a tendency to break a toy in order to learn how it works.
Likewise in our spiritual work. There is a saying that “there is no righteous man on earth who does good and does not sin” and “a person does not keep a commandment if he has not failed in it first”. Meaning that it’s impossible to advance without first making such mistakes. They are a vital part of our development.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/05/there-are-no-sins-in-this-world/
As for Jesus, we could speculate one way or another, but in general, we should keep in mind that Kabbalah is a science. Kabbalah only deals with the correction of our egoistic nature and the revelation of the Creator. It has no connection to faith, religion, or religious leaders.
But ultimately these things are not so opposed. Both talk about the importance of loving others as yourself. Kabbalah goes even further and gives us a method to actualize loving others to such an extent that we can reveal in our lives the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Kay,
What is the “this” that you’re referring to? Please provide more context for your question.
Albert @ KabU
google translation of Henry’s question:
Hi kabu. I would like to ask if it is possible from the kabbalah to work to eliminate all the corruption and oppression of some governments on their citizens?
Hi Henry, good question!
We’ll learn in the upcoming lesson on the perception of reality that the entire world is nothing more than a reflection of my own uncorrected egoistic state. As long as I’m not corrected, I will see in front of me a bad world, full of suffering, corruption, etc.
It’s like I have these dirty glasses through which I see the whole world as dirty. But the moment I clean my own glasses, I’ll look at the same world, but now it’s clean and perfect.
In other words, we don’t need to become humanitarians or make any corrections in the external world, we only need to correct ourselves, and we’ll see this correction reflected in the world.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2014/04/in-neutral-gear/
Albert @ KabU
